From The Verge: You might hear a little more emotion from Alexa’s vaguely-robotic voice some time soon, as Amazon announced today that developers can now have Alexa respond to questions from US users with a “happy/excited” or a “disappointed/empathetic” tone.

Amazon suggests the happy/excited tone...

From CNET: If you're not an active Twitter user, you may want to log in by Dec. 11, or else you might lose your account. The social media company on Tuesday said it'll start removing accounts for users who haven't signed in for more than six months.

"As part of our commitment to serve the public...

From FinalWire Press Release: FinalWire Ltd today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 6.20 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 6.20 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for...

From The Verge: Gigabyte’s latest eGPU is the Aorus RTX 2080 Ti, a $1500 external graphics box containing one of Nvidia’s most powerful consumer graphics cards. Rather than relying on air-cooling, this is the first external graphics card to use an all-in-one water-cooling system, and it includes a...

From PC Mag: When Half-Life launched in Nov. 1998, it was actually a redesigned version of the game. What came before was quite different and got leaked back in 2013 as Half-Life Alpha 0.52. Now it's easily playable in enhanced form thanks to the work of a modding team.

As the Half-Life Wiki...

From CNET: Disney Plus added a feature that its million of users will no doubt be glad to see: the ability to easily track how far you've got in the movies and shows you're watching. You'll find the "Continue Watching" row in your menu now, with progress bars indicating how much is left in that...

From HyperX Press Release: HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., today introduced a new addition to its award-winning lineup of gaming keyboards – HyperX Alloy Origins™ Core. Featuring HyperX Red mechanical switches, the new keyboard is built for performance and longevity...

From G.Skill Press Release: G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of new high-performance and high-capacity quad-channel memory kits for the latest Intel X299 and AMD TRX40 high-end desktop (HEDT) platforms, including the high-capacity DDR4-3600 CL16-19-19-39...

From CORSAIR Press Release: CORSAIR today announced a range of products including liquid CPU coolers, high-frequency DRAM, and efficient power supplies fully tested and validated for compatibility with the new 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ high-end desktop processors. With the highest core...

From ASUSTOR Press Release: ASUSTOR Inc. is thrilled to be unveiling the newest line of business NAS devices: The eight bay Lockerstor 8 and ten bay Lockerstor 10. These new NAS devices feature Intel’s Denverton-based Atom Quad-Core processors. The Lockerstor 8 and 10 provides faster-than-ever...